Guilt and the Transformation of Christian-Jewish Relations

While many church bodies condemned race-based antisemitism, both during and immediately after the Holocaust, the repudiation of theological anti-Judaism (e.g., the deicide charge and supersessionism) and renunciation of anti-Jewish writings by prominent theologians (e.g., Luther) required decades of...

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Main Author: Kellenbach, Katharina von 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations [2020]
In: Studies in Christian-Jewish relations
Year: 2020, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-21
Further subjects:B Martin Luther
B Anti-judaism
B Reconciliation
B Supersessionism
B Purification of memory
B Jewish-Christian relations after the Holocaust
B Repentance
B Antisemitism
B Guilt
B Germany
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Summary:While many church bodies condemned race-based antisemitism, both during and immediately after the Holocaust, the repudiation of theological anti-Judaism (e.g., the deicide charge and supersessionism) and renunciation of anti-Jewish writings by prominent theologians (e.g., Luther) required decades of intense study and negotiation. In Germany, in particular, activists in the Jewish-Christian dialogue understand the destruction of Jewish religious life in Europe as a turning point in Christian teachings on the Jewish future. In Dresden, for instance, the campaign to rebuild the destroyed Frauenkirche was tied to the construction of a new Jewish synagogue as a penitential act of restitution.
ISSN:1930-3777
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian-Jewish relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.6017/scjr.v15i1.12121